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George Withers: The Fly Be on the Turmut

George Withers: The Fly Be on the Turmut (Veteran VT133)

The Fly Be on the Turmut
The Songs of a Somerset Man
George Withers (1924-2009)

Veteran Tapes VT133 (cassette, UK, 1995)

Produced and recorded by John Howson;
Tracks 1, 3, 7, 9, 13, 16 were recorded at the Cornwall Folk Festival;
Tracks 5, 8, 14-15 were recorded at Horton, Somerset

George Withers obituary by Eddie Upton

Singers

George Withers

Tracks

Side 1

  1. The Seeds of Love (Roud 3; G/D 6:1180) (3.49)
  2. Dabbling in the Dew (Roud 298; G/D 4:812) (2.34)
  3. Forty Five Miles (Roud 608; G/D 5:983; TYG 36) (2.32)
  4. The Old Woman and the Pedlar (Roud 3740)
  5. Someone in Somerset (Roud 5702) (3.14)
  6. Robin-a-Thrush (Roud 2792; TYG 1)
  7. Peter the Miller (Roud 2416) (2.20)
  8. The Fly Be on the Turmut (Roud 1376) (3.54)

Side 2

  1. Richard of Taunton Deane (Roud 382) (3.29)
  2. The Watchet Sailor (Roud 917; Laws P4) (2.22)
  3. Two Old Crows (Roud 5; Child 26)
  4. The Old Man and his Wife (Roud 281; Laws Q1; Henry H702) (1.57)
  5. Jack the Jolly Tar (Roud 511; Laws K40) (2.55)
  6. Brimbledown Fair (Roud 171; G/D 7:1485) (1.40)
  7. I Be Terrible Shy (Roud 5703) (4.24)
  8. Joe Muggins (Roud 847) (4.34)

Track 12 is also on Down in the Fields (VTC4CD, 2001);
Track 10 is also on When the Wind Blows (VTC5CD, 2001);
Track 2 is also on It Was on a Market Day—One (VTC6CD, 2005);
Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7-9, 13-16 are also on Old Uncle Tom Cobleigh and All (VTC9CD, 2004)